JAL’s “Nothin” for the New Year Right Morning Links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAnwa5OJJ8w

“Nothin” New for New Year  Harry Connick Jr. and George Jones

GENERAL UPDATED BASEBALL SITES

1- MLB Transactions

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/transactions

2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/pittsburgh_pirates/

3 BFFL’s 2015 Pirates Stats Spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yqsKbP9Dr1sn4WnwuNO1iJ3SJ3OiBvhZp9XvyU2QpC0/edit#gid=0

4 PBC Asylum Recipe Collection

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8jN0zO-DxI0eVkyazRFY2IzLU0&usp=sharing

5 ESPN

MLB calendar and key dates

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?page=mlb_calendar

BLOGS and such

6 Victoria Advocate

Former Cuero quarterback becomes scout for Pittsburgh Pirates

https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2015/dec/26/former-cuero-quarterback-becomes-scout-for-pittsbu/

7 Viva El Birdos

The Viva El Birdos Top 21 Cardinals Prospects List for 2016, Part One

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2015/12/27/10632910/the-viva-el-birdos-top-21-cardinals-prospects-list-for-2016-part-one

8 Green Weenie

12/27: Tiger Days; HBD Jim Tobin & Craig Reynolds

 

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2015/12/1227-tiger-days-hbd-jim-tobin-craig.html

9 Innings Eaters

Pittsburgh Pirates Starting Rotation Got Weaker This Offseason

http://inningseaters.sportsblog.com/posts/9688054/pittsburgh-pirates-starting-rotation-got-weaker-this-offseason.html

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

2015 Cubs Victories Revisited, July 12: Cubs 3, White Sox 1

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2015/12/27/10663798/2015-cubs-victories-revisited-july-12-cubs-white-sox

11 Today’s Knuckleball

Prospects Key to Success of 2016 Pirates

          

http://www.todaysknuckleball.com/national-league/pittsburgh-pirates/prospects-key-to-pirates-2016-success/

12 Seattle Times

Why Mariners need to boost payroll to keep up with baseball’s runaway spending</b>

http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/why-seattle-mariners-need-payroll-spike-smart-moves-to-keep-up-with-baseballs-run-away-spending/

13 Independent Online

  Gift's hard work is paying off

http://sbeta.iol.co.za/sport/gift-s-hard-work-is-paying-off-1964469

14 National Pastime Museum

United to Liberate Cuba-July 28, 1963

http://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/united-liberate-cuba-july-28-1963

15 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Hummel: Strauss was a tough reporter, a caring colleague

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/other/hummel-strauss-was-a-tough-reporter-a-caring-colleague/article_5ca6beb7-224a-5a79-8ecc-e403dde0b983.html

16 USA Today

MLB postseason hero Dave Henderson dies at 57

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2015/12/27/dave-henderson-postseason-hero-dies-57/77945382/

17 SB Nation   

Nationals, Phillies back Ryan Zimmerman, Ryan Howard denials of Al Jazeera steroid report

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2015/12/27/10672452/ryan-howard-ryan-zimmerman-hgh-steroids-report-statements-phillies-nationals

18 CBS Sports

Report links Ryan Zimmerman, Ryan Howard to PED ring; source recants

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/25427787/report-links-ryan-howard-ryan-zimmerman-to-ped-ring-source-recants

19 Fangraphs

Baseball Beards: The Civil War Comps

http://www.hardballtimes.com/baseball-beards-the-civil-war-comps/

20 Sports on Earth

ABOUT THAT AL JAZEERA DOPING REPORT

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/160563748/al-jazeera-hgh-documentary-takeaways-manning

21 Fox Sports

Joe Strauss left a legacy for all young beat writers to embrace

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/joe-strauss-st-louis-cardinals-baltimore-orioles-beat-writer-leukemia-passed-away-122715